LaCie Network Space MAX • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON Administering Your LaCie Network Space MAXUser Manual page 584.16.2. Method 2: Update with LaCieNetwork Assistant SoftwareThis update procedure will not erase your configuration or filessaved to the drive.Recommendations for UpdatingUsing LaCie Network Assistant✦ Connect your PC or Mac to the network using an Ethernetcable (turn off wireless connection)✦ Make sure users on your network have stopped data trans-fers to the NAS✦ Turn off other NAS on the network except the one you wishto update✦ Disconnect all connections to shares on the NAS you wantto update1. Make sure you are using the latest version of LaCie NetworkAssistant (minimum 1.4.1). If you download a newer version,make sure to uninstall previous versions.2. Download the latest software update for your product from here.3. Run LaCie Network Assistant.4. Go to Preferences and make sure IPConf Support is deactivated(Fig. 97).5. Select your product from the list on the left and click on theUpdate your NAS button (Fig. 98). Enter your admin usernameand password.6. Browse to and load the update package (.capsule file) youdownloaded (Fig. 99).7. Click on Continue... to begin update. Mac users may have totype in their administrator’s password. Installation can take sev-eral minutes.8. Once the update is complete, verify the update: Click the LaCieNetwork Assistant logo in the menu bar (Mac) or task bar (Win-dows) and select Configuration Window. Click the Network tab,where the system version will be listed.9. If the update has failed despite the network precautions listed inthe box above, connect the drive directly to your computer usingthe Ethernet cable, then try again.Fig. 97Fig. 98Fig. 99